The Research Catalogue (RC) is a non-commercial, collaboration and publishing platform for artistic research provided by the
Society for Artistic Research. The RC is free to use for artists and
researchers. It
serves also as a backbone for teaching purposes, student assessment, peer review workflows and research funding administration. It strives to be
an open space for experimentation and exchange.
recent activities
Aftermath - Or E for Installation
(2025)
Zoe Panagiota (aka Betty) Nigianni
Design for interactive art installation with urban regeneration proposal, as well as video about environmentalism and our technologically mediated private and public lives; installation catalogue design with photography and textual collage, 2021-2023.
"There is a massive abundance of goods that end up in landfills. With such abundance of goods, no one should be deprived."
Visitors will have to leave an unwanted item of theirs and take another to collect the installation catalogue. The installation will be monitored for this purpose. Designed with Wi-Fi light technology for agility training, the interactive floor in the entrance will be controlled by the visitors through a tablet computer that will allow them to select the difficulty level.
The exposition offers a critical viewpoint to the contemporary gallery-mediated commercial environment by making reference to the non-monetary economies of artistic and cultural production.
Art "is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy". The enemy is whoever exploits their fellows out of egoism or personal interest (Pablo Picasso).
With summary and questions about David Murakami Wood's article "The Global Turn to Authoritarianism", 'Surveillance and Society', (15), 3/4, 2017: 357-370.
Capture images through the screen
(2025)
Nicholas Mazzilli
In this exposition I invite you to reflect on a part of my artistic research: the screen capture.
The aim is to reconsider this little-explored practice by artistically transforming original images through a double variations in post-production.
In this artistic research I also use experimental software and unconventional methods to carry out images from videogames.
At the same time these methods engage with the European regulations about copyright and American fair use policies. While the extraction of images from three-dimensional, copyright-protected spaces is often restricted, it can sometimes be permitted when used creatively.
O A S I S
(2025)
MARIA DARMOY
What is OASIS?
Does it have a spiritual dimension,or is it something temporal that is shaped by social relationships and achieved collectively?
It is about the collective, inclusion, a place of relaxation?
Does it have to be about proximity between people or a total isolation in a safe domestic environment and introspection?
What happens if, within our social fragility, we leave our personal oasis and enter the public realm, where we are exposed under the gaze of others? If we decide to carry with us , even if it means symbolically , our personal domestic objects that make us feel secure and present , as a shield against the uncertainty of the outside world?
Is this the answer?
recent publications
Dimensions of an Encounter: A Sculpture & Its Shadow
(2025)
Camille Clair
Dimensions of an Encounter: A Sculpture & Its Shadow explores how sculpture negotiates the opposing forces of gravity and levity, presence and absence, object and support. Tracing a lineage from Leibniz’s theory of individuation to Melanie Klein’s theory of object recognition to various sculptural practices, the essay considers how spatial arrangement mediates psychic projection and self-recognition.
OS SONS DO SAGRADO: UM EXPERIÊNCIA SONORA NA IGREJA MATRIZ DE SÃO BERNARDO –MA
(2025)
Natacha Oliveira Pinto
Esta experiência criativa foi desenvolvida na disciplina de Epistemologia da Cultura, do Mestrado Interdisciplinar em Dinâmicas Sociais, Conexões Artísticas e Saberes Locais do Centro de Ciências de São Bernardo, da Universidade Federal do Maranhão. Vivenciamos a paisagem sonora da Igreja Matriz do município de São Bernardo, localizado no estado do Maranhão. Destacamos a sua importância religiosa, histórica, cultural e afetiva para a cidade, utilizando recursos poéticos e performáticos, a fim de evidenciar a paisagem sonora como expressão cultural. Buscamos compreender a relação entre os sons e a memória afetiva, investigando como a sonoridade influencia as percepções e lembranças do espaço, bem como refletir sobre a experiência performática, destacando o processo de escuta ativa e de imitação dos sons do ambiente. Como aporte teórico para alicerçar o processo criativo, utilizamos autores que discutem a escuta e paisagem sonora, em especial R. Murray Schafer, Pierre Schaeffer e Marisa Fonterrada.